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Apple has surpassed 300,000 downloadable applications in its iTunes App Store, according to Mobclix, an analytics firm. Also, Apple has plans to insert in-stream ads to videos on the iPhone and iPad, according to an Internet report, a move that could encourage more content providers to let their videos access iOS devices.

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As retailers worry over whether the nation's economic problems and a potential tax increase on upper-income shoppers will depress holiday sales this weekend, Nielsen is reporting that children and teenagers want an iPad more than any other gift. Requests to receive an iPad within the next six months topped the wish list of 48% of children ages 6 to 12 and 21% of teenagers.

Even among seniors, cell phones have become the gadget of choice for Americans, according to a Pew Internet study that shows 85% of the 3,000 adults polled own a handset, including 58% of those who are older than 65 years old. At 59% and 52%, respectively, desktop PCs and laptop computers placed second and third in the poll.

Citibank is propelling technology throughout its consumer-bank business with the use of videoconferencing, interactive touch-panel technology and mobile devices. "As a bank there is a priority on using innovation and technology to serve our clients, and we are getting better and better at utilizing operating systems on mobile devices," says Jonathan Larsen, Asia-Pacific head for consumer banking at Citibank, who acknowledges there are still a few IT adoption challenges in the banking industry.

WiMAX service will reach Sprint Nextel's 4G networks in New York on Nov. 1, Los Angeles on Dec. 1 and San Francisco in late December. The market additions will be added to the 56 markets where it has already launched services.

Toshiba has introduced a 64GB embedded NAND flash memory module that could double the capacity of smartphones and iPods, the company said Monday. The e-MMC-compatible component -- which is 30 micrometers thick -- is expected to reach mass production early next year.